KAT CLAY

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  • In Memory of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

    In Memory of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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    I first read Gabriel Garcia Marquez in high school; I was sixteen or seventeen, I’m not quite sure. We focussed on South American literature in the studies leading up to my final year. Between Pablo Neruda’s love poems and Isabelle Allende, was a man named Marquez. The book, One HundredYears of Solitude, with its mountainous…

  • How to edit a novel for NaNoEdMo

    How to edit a novel for NaNoEdMo

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    I’ve always wanted to take part in NaNoWriMo. For the uninitiated it’s where you challenge yourself to write a book over the space of one month. You have to write around 3000 words per day to meet your quota, but at the end of the month you have a pile of words ready to be…

  • Publications update: Literary Traveler, Weird Fiction Review and a LOT of book editing

    Publications update: Literary Traveler, Weird Fiction Review and a LOT of book editing

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    I just wanted to share a few things going on with my writing these days. Literary Traveler has published one of my articles called Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck and the Californian Coast. It talks about the spiritual aspects of travelling, particularly finding yourself in quiet places. I’m rather proud of it, I put a lot of…